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When Monitoring Windows Server , if I remember we used to set up the community string (Public) with password on the Monitoring Application, then go to each windows server ,install SNMP service and configure the community string to match the one set up on the Monitoring Application.<br />
I would like to know, in environment that has many cisco switches and routers, do we need to log into each device and configure community string? <br />
if so how can this be done?<br />
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Thank you
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When Monitoring Windows Server , if I remember we used to set up the community string (Public) with password on the Monitoring Application, then go to each windows server ,install SNMP service and configure the community string to match the one set up on the Monitoring Application.
I would like to know, in environment that has many cisco switches and routers, do we need to log into each device and configure community string? 
if so how can this be done?

Thank you

Router/Switch SNMP community String

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